RootsWeb Review: RootsWeb's Weekly E-zine 16 February 2005, Vol. 8, No. 7, Circulation: 811,065+ (c) 1998-2005 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ * * * Editor: Myra Vanderpool Gormley, Certified Genealogist Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com Certification: http://www.bcgcertification.org/certification/ * * * Keep informed about the latest news, new databases, webpages and mailing lists at RootsWeb. Subscribe to the free weekly RootsWeb Review. http://newsletters.rootsweb.com/ Search/download past issues of the RootsWeb Review: http://e-zine.rootsweb.com/ * * * Is your e-mail address up-to-date at all RootsWeb sources? http://passwordcentral.rootsweb.com/ * * * Search and share family trees: WorldConnect: http://wc.rootsweb.com/ Learn how to find your ancestors: http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/ Post and read messages on all relevant surname, locality, and topic Message Boards and Mailing Lists: Message Boards: http://boards.rootsweb.com/ Mailing Lists: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ RootsWeb HelpDesk: http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES 1a. Editor's Desk: "Seeking Descendants of 'HMS Victory' at Battle of Trafalgar" "Exploring RootsWeb's Search Options" 1b. Using RootsWeb: "Shopping for Ancestors" 1c. Tips from Readers: "Adding Photos to Stories" 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb: "Discovering Northern Irish Heritage" "Finding Family Down Under" 3. New RootsWeb Mailing Lists 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb 5. New/Updated FreePages and HomePages 6. New User-contributed Databases 7. RootsWeb Review's Bottomless Mailbag: "Encountering a Cover-up" "Keeping and Sharing Journals" "Genealogical Writing Conventions" "Making a Famous Connection" "French Runaway Surfaces in the Big Apple" 8. Humor/Humour: "Interrogation by an Enumerator" 9. Subscriptions, Submissions, Advertising, Reprints =============================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. NEWS AND NOTES 1a. Editor's Desk: Seeking Descendants of Those Who Fought Aboard 'HMS Victory' at Battle of Trafalgar It is well known that Admiral Lord NELSON's famous victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets off Cape Trafalgar celebrates its 200th anniversary this year. The United Kingdom has a whole raft of celebrations in the summer and fall of this year to mark the achievements of one of her most famous sons. What is less well known, however, is that at least 24 members of the Victory ship's company at the battle were from North America. This naval engagement took place 21 October 1805, which means those who participated in it were born probably ca 1790 or earlier. Their names are known, and in some instances their home state or city, but with one notable exception, beyond that history has swallowed them up. The exception was Midshipman Richard BULKELEY, who was wounded in the battle and shared the orlop deck with the dying NELSON for a time. The U.S. Navy named a World War I mine clearance vessel after him. His two most recent descendants both served with distinction in the U.S. Navy. They are: Vice Admiral John D. BULKELEY (1911-1996), who was awarded the Medal of Honor in World War II when commanding a motor torpedo boat squadron in Philippine waters. His son, retired Navy Captain Pete BULKELEY still lives. See also Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/r6/richard_bulkeley.htm But what of the other descendants? The Naval Attaché at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C. is trying to find others who know of their ancestral links to the "HMS Victory" and the Battle of Trafalgar. A lot of the surnames are very common, so the attaché does not intend to list them in case there are those who think they might have a link based only on a common surname connection. A commemorative event is planned later in the year -- if some descendants can be found. If you know you have an ancestor who was on this ship at the Battle of Trafalgar, then please contact the attaché with that genealogical information at: trafalgar200us@moduk.org [Editor's Note: This is not an offer to do any genealogical research, so please do not contact the attaché to search for your ancestors.] * * * EXPLORING ROOTSWEB'S SEARCH OPTIONS. Did you know that using the search box on the main RootsWeb page http://www.rootsweb.com/ is only the beginning of your RootsWeb search options? Search on a name or keyword of interest to you. For uncommon names, searching for a surname only may be helpful. For more common surnames (last names) a more specific search for a surname and given name (first name) may work best. Don't expect to type in your own name and find it in the search results. RootsWeb searches are primarily used to locate deceased ancestors. Searching on the earliest generation known will yield the greatest number of hits. In addition to the general meta search box on the main RootsWeb page, it is often possible to obtain additional information by searching the various databases found at RootsWeb at the database level. For instance, advanced searches of WorldConnect/Ancestry World Tree, mailing list archives, the RootsWeb Surname List (RSL), Social Security Death Index (SSDI), User-contributed Databases and other individual databases at RootsWeb often turns up results that meta search might overlook. Start your ancestor hunt here: http://searches.rootsweb.com/ and click on the links on this page to access the various searches at RootsWeb. You'll be glad you did. * * * 1b. USING ROOTSWEB: Shopping for Ancestors Harriet HOOVER loves the month of February. Now you might find that unusual since Harriet and her husband Frank live in Wisconsin where February can be bitter cold and the month can often seem much longer than its 28 days. But Harriet loves to shop until she drops and just can't stay away from the malls and shopping centers with all of their Presidents' Day sales. As she pulled into her driveway with her latest round of packages in tow, she got to thinking about Presidents' Day and how her mother-in-law had insisted that their HOOVERS were in some way related to President Herbert HOOVER. Recently Harriet and Frank purchased their first computer and they had been dabbling on the Internet and exploring various subjects of interest. Now that their children were married and off in homes of their own, and Frank and Harriet had retired from their jobs, Harriet thought it might be fun to explore this possible connection to an American president. As if that wasn't enough of a possible brush with fame, Harriet's maiden name was PRESLEY and she had always had nagging questions in the back of her mind as to whether there was some remote possibility that she could somehow be related to Elvis. To add to Harriet's own interest in delving into her family history, her granddaughter, Hannah, was starting to ask questions for a family history project she was about to begin at school. Wouldn't it be something if Harriet could provide Hannah with a proven connection to Elvis and/or a former American president? Harriet figured she would start by researching Herbert HOOVER and Elvis PRESLEY's genealogy. She thought this would be the easy part because so much information seemed to be available on the Internet about famous people. She was right -- she got many "hits" when she typed in the names of the two famous individuals in the search box at the top of the RootsWeb homepage. Elvis is even listed in the SSDI records (Social Security Death Index) at RootsWeb, she discovered. Following links to RootsWeb's WorldConnect at http://wc.rootsweb.com/ Harriet easily found numerous entries that included the genealogies of both famous men. She searched for databases that appeared to be well- documented and copied the information she needed to make comparisons to her own family history and that of her husband. She sent Frank to the attic to locate the trunk that contained his mother's documents -- a family Bible and notes and photos she had kept in a scrapbook. She also instructed him where to look for the old box she had tucked away that held her father's mother's family documents -- baptismal records, a marriage certificate, and other old, now nearly forgotten, papers. Harriet spent days poring over family records. She was able to put together her husband's HOOVER line back several generations to Maryland where the name was originally HUBER and learned the family was Pennsylvania Dutch in origin. She didn't know what Pennsylvania Dutch meant but she figured she could learn more about that using the resources available at RootsWeb. Finding links on the RootsWeb homepage to mailing lists and message boards: http://lists.rootsweb.com and http://boards.rootsweb.com/ respectively, Harriet located lists and a message board for Pennsylvania Dutch genealogy, history, and culture. She also found lists and boards for the surnames she was researching. Perhaps someone who read the message boards or a mailing list subscriber could help her if she were to post a query there. Another tactic Harriet learned she could use was searching the archives of the mailing lists of interest to her, starting here: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and also using the search feature of the message boards. By searching for previously posted messages she hoped to learn whether the information she sought as to her own lineage as well as to those rumored possible connections to famous people, might have been discussed on the lists and boards in the past. After a few days of "ancestor shopping" at RootsWeb, Harriet reported to Frank that she was learning quite a bit already and thought a connection to President Herbert HOOVER might be quite possible -- but still required more investigation. Frank couldn't help but smile when Harriet admitted to him that she was finding her new hobby almost as interesting as those Presidents' Day sales at the malls. * * * 1c. Tips from Readers: Adding Photos to Stories By Rose Parks I just read Sandra J. Smiths "Recording Our Memories" and I did jot down some stories several years ago and a couple of years ago I added a few more. Then I pulled out some old photographs that depicted some of items in the memories, scanned them and inserted them in between the paragraphs. A visual always helps make the story more real. I had about 15 pages and printed them out with a cover, bought some little clear cover binders and gave them to my children and grandchildren for Christmas. I also photographed some old glassware and some other meaningful items I have had passed down to me. I added text below them to tell the story of the pieces, how I received them, and where they originated. In the event my children or grandchildren don't remember what I told them, they will have the photographs with the story. I thought perhaps the mention of the addition of photos might inspire more of this wonderful way to stay connected. 2. Connecting Through RootsWeb. Thanks for sharing your stories. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Discovering Northern Irish Heritage By Elizabeth de Stermich in Ontario, Canada I posted a query on the COOKE message board in 1999, hoping to receive information on my grandfather, Joseph Hugh COOKE, and his wife Eleanor Sophia PADFIELD. My parents had passed away 25 years before I had even thought about genealogy and many questions are unanswered. How one wishes that you could think about your family history when young. A little while later to my surprise I received an e-mail from Clare, unknown second cousin once removed (2C1R). She had been busy researching the NEVIN, COOKE, BULLOCH, and other families from Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Clare's second great-grandmother married my great-grandfather. I knew that I had a cousin from my father's side of the family but had no idea how many relatives I had and still have in Northern Ireland from my mother's side. Clare has been extremely generous sending me so much information that I could barely keep up with her. She sent a copy of an unpublished book, which my grandfather, a rector of Shillingstone, Dorset, wrote about the brevity of the villagers in World War I. The village had the highest percentage, per capita in England, of men fighting in the Great War. Clare has sent me photographs, part of her genealogy work pertaining to my family with verification, and several search ideas that I have been able to use with much success. How I wish that I could return the favour and should I come across information pertinent to her research, I will certainly forward it to her. Thanks Clare, and thank you, RootsWeb, for bringing us together. * * * Finding Family Down Under By Dorothy Rooney Thanks to RootsWeb I have been able to trace my son-in-law's family in Australia and New Zealand, and I must say that those people down under must be the friendliest and accommodating in the world. * * * Do you have an online or other "connecting" story to share? Send to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com ======================== Advertisements ============================ BRITISH ANCESTORS RESEARCH TOUR Salt Lake City -- May 2005 REGISTER EARLY FOR A 10% DISCOUNT Ancestors from England, Scotland, Wales or Ireland? 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For information and an index to the more than 28,800 RootsWeb-hosted genealogy Mailing Lists and for easy subscribing (joining) options go to: http://lists.rootsweb.com/ NEW SURNAME MAILING LISTS AZEVEDO BARTENSCHLAG, BATTELLE, BIND, BOURCHIER, BRITNELL, BUCKE BARTLEY-UK -- The BARTLEY surname with United Kingdom ties CAIMI, CALK, COONRADT, COUDRAIN, CRNKOVICH DAVIS-DNA -- Discuss DAVIS (surname) DNA projects FLAMM, FLEISHMAN GEHMAN, GEHRINGER HENGSTELER, HENSHALL HEDRICK-DNA -- Discuss HEDRICK (surname) DNA projects KNUCKEY KEMP-DNA -- Discuss KEMP (surname) DNA projects LAHNSTEIN MARYGOLD, MCCOMMIE, MUCKIAN PARKER-PARDON -- Descendants of Pardon PARKER of New York RAWDON, RAWLANDSON, RODDIN, ROWLINSON, RUEFFLIN, RUOP SCHELLING SNOW-NICHOLAS -- Ancestors or descendants of Nicholas SNOW TABERER, THACKERY WALKE, WILLERT WOFFORD-DNA -- Discuss WOFFORD (surname) DNA projects YATES-DNA -- Discuss YATES (surname) DNA projects ZWINGMAN 4. New Webpages at RootsWeb To Request a Free Web Account: http://accounts.rootsweb.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- Some of these webpages might not yet be accessible. They are created by volunteers, so if one that interests you isn't up yet, please check again in a few days or next week. http://www.rootsweb.com/~[accountname] Note that the ~[tilde] before the Web account name is required. For example, the Cumberland and Westmorland Online Parish Clerk Project website is located at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~engculop/ England engculop -- Cumberland and Westmorland (England) Online Parish Clerk Project U.S.A. argchs -- Garland County (Arkansas) Historical Society macwnewb -- West Newbury (Massachusetts) msgccdar -- Gulf Coast (Mississippi) Chapter DAR ordmduv -- Dolly Madison Tent (Oregon) DUVCW Key: DAR—Daughters of the American Revolution DUVCW—Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 5. New/Updated Freepages and Homepages -------------------------------------- Has your website ever been mentioned here or do you have a new, updated, or substantially revised website located at RootsWeb (it will have "freepages" or "homepages" in the URL)? Send the URL (Web address), along with a brief description, including the major pertinent surnames and what is available on your site, to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com KENTUCKY. Caldwell County. Cemetery listing of all known cemeteries in in this county; some cemeteries with full burials listed. Also partial listings of churches in the county. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~caldwellcemeteries/ OHIO. Ohio Tombstone Photo Project. From the starting page, pick a county and than look for actual cemetery name -- includes both transcriptions and linked memorial photos. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/oh/tombpics/ 6. New User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ ---------------------------------------------- The following databases have come online recently. They are searchable, but not browseable. Search: To look for specific data or occurrence of text in a file. Browse: To view the entire contents of a file or a group of files. ALABAMA. Tuscaloosa County. Tuscaloosa. University of Alabama, 1930; 1,729 records; Karen Cuccinello http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ CALIFORNIA. Kern County. Bakersfield. The Bakersfield Californian, Obituaries and death notices published in 2004; 5,288 records; Sharon Dulcich http://userdb.rootsweb.com/obituaries/ LOUISIANA. Orleans Parish. New Orleans. Birth records, 1808-1899 -- BAUER, LEIMKUHLER, DUEFLER, DIDLOT, MESTIER families (and others); 285 records; Mary Greene http://userdb.rootsweb.com/births/ OREGON. Multnomah County. Portland. Benson Polytechnic School students and staff, January 1929; 180 records; Patricia L. Dunn-Hanning http://userdb.rootsweb.com/alumni/ * * * SHARING OPPORTUNITY. Does your alma mater, old military unit, church, parish, province, county or state have material available that you think would be of interest to genealogists and historians? Do you have any compiled lists of names or databases (other than your personal genealogy) that you would like to share and that you think would be of value and interest to others? In most cases, RootsWeb would be proud to host such material. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/submit/ 7. FROM ROOTSWEB REVIEW'S BOTTOMLESS MAILBAG [Editor's note: The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and are not necessarily those of the editor or of RootsWeb.com]. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Encountering a Cover-up By Kim from California, USA I came across an interesting family cover-up. It had always been known that my great-grandparents were married on 28 April 1919 -- their large keepsake certificate had been hanging in my mother's house for as long as I could remember. They had their first and only child 20 September 1920 (my grandfather). He was killed in World War II -- only two months before my mother was born. When I started researching my mother's family, I came across a box of mementos, including a marriage certificate, issued by the county, that read: 28 April 1920. I went to my mother's wall and found their keepsake certificate and it read, 19 April 1919, but looking closely, the numbers had been erased out and re-written in. No one that I talked to seemed to know anything about it, but a very Catholic woman would not have gotten pregnant out of wedlock, but then again, she also would not have married a Protestant either. I went to the 1920 census for some confirmation. There in Baltimore, Maryland were both families, living next door to each other -- my great- grandmother with her family, listed as (S)ingle and my great-grandfather with his family also listed as (S)ingle. She probably was only a month along when the census was taken and she didn't even know yet. My family secret has finally been revealed and confirmed -- 80 years later. [Editor's Note: Census Day was 1 January 1920. See more about U.S. census research at RootsWeb Guide to Tracing Family Trees: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/lesson9.htm] * * * Finding Trials of Ancestors By Charles Dobie http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cdobie/ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cdobie/ It was interesting to read the article "Finding a Forger Down Under," by Jenni Burke. I wonder if she knows that she can read the complete transcript of her ancestor's trial by looking at the Old Bailey website? The complete transcripts of all trials from 1674 to 1834 are online and searchable by surname, date, place, crime, etc. http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ * * * Keeping and Sharing Journals By Mary Watkins I was fortunate enough to inherit my paternal grandmother's family Bible. I left it in a closet for a long time until I got a computer and a family tree program. When I opened the shopping bag that my aunt had placed the Bible in, I got quite a surprise. Yes, there were the pages with the births, deaths, and marriages of several generations. Also in the bag was a small essay notebook used in schools in the early 1940s. In this my grandmother had written her life story. She began her story on her 65th birthday in 1943. She wrote about her early life, the fact that her mother divorced her father because of his problems with alcohol; how they lived with her grandparents; and the jobs she held as a young woman. She then went on to tell of her courtship and marriage to my grandfather, a man who worked for the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. I was fascinated by the story and so much detail. The story ended when my father was a small boy detailing his health problems and how he overcame them. After my father died I received the second half of the story along with several years of personal diaries she kept until she could no longer write legibly. I retyped this entire essay and made copies for my own two sons and my nephews -- these were put into their family history books. I also have my mother's diaries. However, even after 14 years, the memories are too raw to try to put her memories into the computer, but maybe someday I will be able to do that. Keeping journals or diaries for future generations is a wonderful way to share a little about what life was like before the younger generations were born. * * * Genealogical Writing Conventions By Brian Duncan, currently in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA When writing my family history I've used three conventions, which I've found very helpful: --1. Names of blood relatives underlined, e.g. Joe BLOGGS, family name in caps. --2. Names of ancestors as above but in bold type, e.g. Joe BLOGGS --3. Relationship to me denoted by a superscript (bold type), e.g. 13 is 1st cousin 3 times removed, 2GGA is 2nd great-great-aunt, etc. I hope these are helpful, and I'd like to hear of other text conventions used by RootsWeb Review readers. * * * Making a Famous Connection By Pam Wagoner My mother has insisted for 20 years that we are related to Jeremiah CURTIN. For those not familiar with the personalities of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, he was a noted linguist (more than 50 languages), a diplomat, and writer (1834-1906). [For more about Jeremiah CURTIN, see http://www.famousamericans.net/jeremiahcurtin/] The sheer fact that my mother knew who he was led credence to her story. I posted the question about Jeremiah CURTIN's line on the RootsWeb CURTIN mailing list and was sent a copy of his pedigree by the CURTIN clan genealogist. Although my story really starts with posting my CURTIN family line on RootsWeb. I knew that my 2-great-grandmother, Margaret CURTIN's maiden name was McHUGH. She was born in New York and had her children in Iowa. Another researcher contacted me because of the posting, looking for a McHUGH family in Iowa before 1860. He had an old photo album belonging to Lettica McHUGH BARTHELL and sent me three scanned photos. One was a sepia-tone portrait of my own great-grandmother entitled "Daughter of Margaret." I never expected such a surprise. The next was a picture of Margaret titled, "Sister of Lettica" (whoopee, a picture of my 2-great-grandmother) and the third, "Hannah CURTIN BROWN, step-sister of Lettica." I thought that Hannah CURTIN BROWN was just a mistitled picture of my great-grandmother, Hannah CURTIN GILLIGAN MCLAUGHLIN. It looked somewhat like her and was taken in St. Paul, Minnesota. But it bothered me. I did a search for a BROWN family in the 1900 St. Paul census and had a multitude of hits. Too many. One day I was playing around with the Minnesota death index and just put in CURTIN for the mother's maiden name -- nothing else. Imagine my shock when a Willard J. BROWNE, b. 1899, who popped up as dying in St. Paul. I went back to the 1900 census and searched for a BROWNE, with an "e." I found the Joseph F. BROWNE family, wife Hannah, born in Iowa, but the big shocker was that her mother was living with them--Ann CURTIN. My mind reeled. If Hannah CURTIN BROWNE was the step-sister to Letticia McHUGH BARTHELL, and Lettica was my Margaret's sister, then Ann CURTIN was also the mother of Lettica and my Margaret. Ann would be my 3-great- grandmother. Now I had to prove my suspicions. One of my tricks is to collect families that share the same surname, especially in small towns. I had a small collection of CURTIN families in the 1860 Winneshiek County, Iowa census, so I went back and looked through them. I found a Thomas CURTIN with a wife named Ann and a daughter named Hannah. There was the connection with Hannah CURTIN BROWNE. So who was Thomas? His name seemed familiar, so I went back to the Jeremiah CURTIN line sent to me by the CURTIN clan genealogist. There was a Thomas listed as an uncle to Jeremiah who had moved to Winneshiek County, Iowa. Match! The pedigree gave a citation for the 1850 Milwaukee, Wisconsin census, so I found Thomas and Ann CURTIN on it. Living with them were two daughters, Margaret and "L" -- date of birth and place matching my Margaret and Lettica. There was also a notation in the pedigree that Thomas had married a widow with children -- hence the McHUGH maiden name for my Margaret and Lettica. I went back to the CURTIN clan genealogist and asked who she had gotten the line from. She gave me an e-mail address and it BOUNCED. I posted my thoughts to the CURTIN mailing list, hoping she's still around. No hits yet. I, of course, have since collected other documents supporting this theory, but sure wish I could talk to the original submitter. Ah well, can't have everything. Now I know that my mother's story is correct. We are related to Jeremiah CURTIN, not by blood, but by marriage. Of course, my 2-great- grandmother, Margaret, also married a CURTIN, so who knows? Then there's my mother's story about being related to Rod LAROCQUE, the silent screen star who played The Shadow. * * * French Runaway Surfaces in the Big Apple Sharon Carpenter in Golden Valley, Arizona, USA This is a story I heard for many years about my great-grandfather, Pierre Antoine Bartolomew BOUCHET, who was born in 1846 in France. It came down from his daughter who maintained that her father had run away from home during his late teens or early twenties to avoid military service in France, stowed away on a ship and came to America. It was a story my mother told every time genealogy was discussed. In 2003 a box came from my cousin with papers and photos he had cleaned out of his parents' apartment after his mother's death. She was my mother's sister. Among the papers, all in French, were records, not only of Pierre's birth -- thereby providing the date and his father's name and his mother's maiden name, but guess what else? The records of his military service, including the dates of his assignments. The last was dated February 1871; the next document I have is the Declaration of Intent, filed November 1875 in New York, to become a U.S. citizen . What led to the legend? We will never know. But I would like to learn when he came to the States and on what ship. 8. Humor/Humour: Interrogation by an Enumerator ----------------------------------------------- Thanks to: Robert Snavely While searching on the Internet for SHUEY ancestors, I found a SHUEY at the port of New York. Under occupation it said "Stowaway." I guess the conversation with the enumerator went like this. "So, what do you do for a living?" "Why, I'm a stowaway." "Does that pay pretty well?" "No, but I get to travel a lot!" * * * Found a humorous sign or entry in census, parish, church, etc. records? Send to: Editor-RWR@rootsweb.com 9. 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